EH&S Speciailist

Elliott Equipment Company; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Elliott Equipment Company is seeking an Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Specialist to support our EHS team and Operations in reducing risk at production facilities. The role involves developing safety programs, enforcing standards, and guiding leadership on compliance with local and federal requirements.

Responsibilities include incident investigations, reporting to authorities, and driving continuous EHS improvement across business units.

Qualifications

• Collaboration across functions to achieve safety goals.
• Experience reporting to oversight bodies on environmental issues.
• Proficient in root-cause analysis methodologies such as 5 Whys, Fishbone, FMEA, TapRooT.
• Ability to influence outcomes without formal authority.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with internal and external stakeholders.
• Mentoring and coaching of team members to address safety incidents.
• Strong planning and organization skills.
• Attention to detail and timeliness in reporting.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office tools.
• Experience with OSHA recordkeeping preferred.

Responsibilities

• Supports on-site risk reduction in collaboration with Operations leadership.
• Coaches incident investigations and reviews corrective actions.
• Analyzes incidents and proposes preventive measures, including cost considerations.
• Reports events to relevant regional authorities and ensures compliance.
• Evaluates workplace risks to protect personnel and company.
• Assists with Velocity EHS system usage and data management.
• Performs/oversees EHS inspections and documents findings.
• Coordinates with stakeholders for regulatory reporting and permits.
• Maintains chemical datasheets and informs users.
• Prepares regular EHS reports.
• Assists with onboarding and safety-related training for new hires.
• Travel regionally as needed (approximately 25%).

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong communication

Root cause analysis

Discretion with sensitive information

Influence without authority

Education

Bachelor’s in Occupational Health & Safety or related field

CSP/CHST/Safety certification preferred

Tools

Velocity EHS

MS Office

OSHA recordkeeping tools

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Environmental, Health, and Safety Specialist

Position Overview

The EHS (Environmental, Health, and Safety) Specialist will support our EHS team and Operations line management to reduce risk at production facilities to people and product. This Specialist is responsible for performing technical Environmental, Health, and Safety activities, advising the business leaders regarding compliance with local legislation, federal requirements as applicable, and company standards. In addition, the Specialist contributes to the development of safety programs, enforces standards, and provides guidance to employees and contractors, driving continuous improvement in EHS performance. This role requires strong collaboration with other team members across different business units, sharing knowledge and best practices

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Supports Operations line management in on-site risk reduction efforts in coordination with stakeholders.
• Supports management and provides professional coaching and review of incident investigations and corrective actions.
• Analyze risks, accidents, and failures, investigating causes, proposing preventive and corrective measures and guiding statistical work, including with respect to costs.
• Responsible for reporting events, incidents, and accidents to the relevant authorities in the region, ensuring legal compliance.
• Evaluates workplace risks in order to properly identify and mitigate the risk to personnel and the company.
• Supports management in the use of the Incident Management System (Velocity EHS software).
• Uses EHS data to guide management decisions regarding risk reduction and work methods.
• Performs/Oversees EHS inspections of manufacturing locations. Documents and reports finding, assigns appropriate corrective and preventative actions to appropriate parties.
• Assist in the coordination of worker compensation claims, Return-to-work, and restricted duty cases working with key stakeholders as needed.
• Be a resource for on-site Safety Committee to build organizational strength.
• Assist with onboarding tasks for new hires as part of a team for new hire orientation, safety related training, tracking of qualifications and other administrative duties as necessary.
• Coordinate with Maintenance, Production, and EHS staff members to ensure on time and accurate reporting of Environmental requirements.
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders as needed for reporting and permitting processes regarding Environmental compliance.
• Maintains chemical datasheets, reviews new incoming chemicals prior to use, coordinates with operations to ensure users are properly informed and protected.
• Assist in the preparation of regularly scheduled EHS reports.
• Perform other related duties as assigned by management.
• Ability to travel regionally as business needs require. Expected 25%

Essential Skills and Experience

• Demonstrated ability to work cross functionally to gain desired results.
• Ability to work with sensitive personal information with discretion necessary.
• Experience working with Environmental reporting to applicable oversight organizations.
• Experience in Root cause analysis tools such as but not limited to: TapRoot, 5 why, Fishbone, FMEA, Fault Tree analysis, or other.
• Excellent communication skills to work with various individuals inside and outside the organization.
• Act as mentor/coach, as well as technical expert and drive line managers to true root causes of incidents, ensuring transparency during investigations, and trending review.
• Planning and organization: an ability to plan and manage multiple projects as well as keep documents and files organized.
• Attention to detail, accuracy, and timeliness on a consistent basis.
• Computer proficiency: Microsoft Office products - Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Experience with OSHA recordkeeping and basic medical terminology preferred.
• Ability to influence others and outcomes without formal authority.

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelors degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Environment Science, or a related field preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a similar EHS role or equivalent combination of education, skills, experience, or certification considered.
• CSP (Certified Safety Professional), CHST (Construction Health and Safety Technician), SMP, or other relevant EHS/safety certifications preferred.

Additional Requirements

• Company sponsored continuing education may be required.
• Expected travel of 25-50% between company locations in the region.